Definition of Slither

1. Verb. To pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly. "The girls slither the wooden sticks"; "They slid through the wicket in the big gate"

Exact synonyms: Slide
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Also: Slide By, Slide Down
Derivative terms: Slider

Definition of Slither

1. v. i. To slide; to glide.

Definition of Slither

1. Verb. To move about smoothly and from side to side. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To slide ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slither

1. to slide from side to side [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slither

slipwares
slipway
slipways
slish
slishes
slit-shell
slit lamp
slit microscope
slit pores
slit trench
slit ventricle syndrome
slite
slited
slites
slither (current term)
slithered
slitherer
slitherers
slithering
slithers
slithery
slithy
sliting
slitless
slitlike
slitmask
slitmasks
slits
slitted

Literary usage of Slither

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the County of Derby by Stephen Glover (1829)
"... slither, or indestructible and barren lime-rubble on its sides; a prodigious large «pring at Middleton. Brook-bottom Dale, N NW of ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"The preference of the slither over the pivot mechanism is of considerable interest. The pivoting species is depicted as 13. If we (a) focus attention on the ..."

3. A Word a Day, Grades 1-3 by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, Susan Rose Simms, Sarita Chavez Silverman, Evan-Moor Corporation (2002)
"slither verb When you slither, you move with a sliding motion. physician noun A ... We watched the snake slither up and over the rock on its belly. ..."

4. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1884)
"I remain, yours obediently, " R. slither." The messenger that brought this note had been ordered to wait for an answer. The name of the writer being ..."

5. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"slither, a slide. " Hi, lads, let's hev a slither" slither, to slip. " She slithered away, like the snaw i' the street. ..."

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